Table 9_1_4-2c

2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

The National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) is a comprehensive national overview of quality of health care in the United States. It is organized around four dimensions of quality of care: effectiveness, patient safety, timeliness, and patient centeredness.

Table 9_1_4.2c
Adults with obesity who ever received advice from a health provider about eating fewer high-fat or high-cholesterol foods, by family income,^a United States, 2006
		Total		Negative/poor		Near poor/low		Middle		High
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		50.3	0.9	43.3	1.9	46.6	1.5	47.4	1.6	56.8	1.5
Age	18–44	36.3	1.2	28.4	2.3	35.4	2.0	35.2	2.1	42.2	2.5
	45–64	60.2	1.3	63.3	3.1	53.2	2.6	57.5	2.3	63.5	1.8
	65 and over	66.0	2.0	64.9	4.9	62.3	3.4	63.6	3.8	71.5	3.3
Gender	Male	48.5	1.3	37.5	3.5	42.7	2.3	41.9	2.1	57.3	2.0
Gender	Female	52.0	1.1	46.6	2.3	49.2	2.1	52.4	2.0	56.2	1.8
Race	White, single race	51.5	1.0	48.1	2.2	47.0	1.7	47.2	1.8	57.8	1.6
	Black, single race	44.5	1.7	31.5	3.0	43.0	3.2	46.3	3.2	53.7	3.7
	Asian, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	NHOPI, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	56.9	5.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	51.7	1.0	43.0	2.1	49.2	1.9	48.6	1.7	57.6	1.6
	Non-Hispanic, White	53.6	1.2	49.3	2.6	50.9	2.4	48.8	2.0	58.6	1.7
	Non-Hispanic, Black	44.9	1.7	32.0	3.1	43.0	3.2	46.9	3.1	53.9	3.7
	Hispanic, all races	42.2	1.6	44.4	3.8	38.5	2.7	41.2	2.8	48.1	5.2
Education^b	Less than high school	45.7	1.6	42.1	2.9	44.9	2.5	47.9	3.0	48.9	5.0
	High school graduate	49.2	1.4	46.7	3.3	46.1	2.3	44.2	2.5	58.3	2.4
	At least some college	53.4	1.3	41.7	3.8	49.7	3.3	50.3	2.2	57.1	2.0
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	45.6	1.1	29.6	2.6	37.1	2.0	42.7	1.8	53.5	1.7
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	54.0	1.8	49.2	2.7	52.3	2.8	55.4	3.0	61.6	4.5
Health insurance, ages 18–64	Any private	50.3	1.1	35.4	4.1	40.2	2.4	48.3	2.0	55.2	1.7
	Public only	51.3	2.3	45.9	3.0	57.2	3.6	50.8	5.0	DSU	DSU
	Uninsured	32.0	1.8	35.5	3.5	34.8	2.7	24.7	3.2	DSU	DSU
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	59.9	3.6	DSU	DSU	58.8	5.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and private	69.4	2.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	68.9	4.1	71.9	3.9
	Medicare and other public	65.3	4.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	50.8	1.0	43.2	2.2	48.1	1.8	47.9	1.8	56.4	1.7
	Large central metro	51.4	1.6	47.3	3.5	49.0	3.1	46.3	2.5	58.5	2.8
	Large fringe metro	49.8	2.1	42.8	5.3	46.3	4.0	47.6	3.4	53.2	3.2
	Medium metro	51.6	1.9	41.4	3.8	47.4	3.6	49.7	3.8	58.9	3.5
	Small metro	49.5	2.9	35.4	5.9	50.3	3.8	48.9	4.5	55.5	5.2
	Nonmetropolitan	48.2	2.1	43.8	3.8	41.7	2.8	45.7	3.4	59.7	2.7
	Micropolitan	51.0	2.6	46.0	4.8	46.7	4.3	49.1	4.1	58.4	3.2
	Noncore	43.1	3.6	40.2	5.5	35.6	4.5	39.4	5.1	DSU	DSU
Language spoken most often at home	English	51.4	1.0	43.0	2.1	48.8	1.7	48.3	1.7	57.3	1.6
Language spoken most often at home	Other	39.4	2.0	45.9	4.1	35.1	3.5	38.4	3.4	DSU	DSU
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	46.6	1.0	34.7	2.1	41.4	1.7	43.1	1.6	54.4	1.6
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	65.3	1.8	60.0	3.5	59.1	2.8	67.4	3.3	74.8	3.3
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	68.9	1.6	63.3	3.5	67.5	3.0	69.7	3.2	73.0	3.3
	Complex activities	68.4	2.0	62.2	3.6	68.9	3.3	66.0	3.9	79.4	4.5
	Neither basic nor complex activities	45.4	1.0	33.5	2.1	37.2	1.6	42.7	1.7	53.9	1.7

^a Negative/poor refers to household incomes below the Federal poverty line; near poor/low, the poverty line to just below 200 percent of the poverty line; middle, 200 percent to just below 400 percent of the poverty line; and high, 400 percent of the poverty line and over.

^b Less than high school refers to fewer than 12 years of education; high school graduate, 12 years of education; and at least some college, more than 12 years of education.

^c For more information, see the MEPS entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.

DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; SE: standard error.

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.

Current as of March 2010

Internet Citation: Table 9_1_4-2c: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. March 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr09/9_lifestyle_modification/T9_1_4-2c.html